Although the wins haven't come yet, there's no doubt that the Tar Heels have improved on the football field. Two weeks ago, they were an inopportune fumble on the goal line away from earning their first conference win, and last week UNC took Virginia to overtime and lost on a failed two-point conversion.
This week on the road against Syracuse is another golden opportunity for the Tar Heels to get that first conference win under Bill Belichick. The Orange have lost four straight and been outscored 140-50 over that span. For the first four games of the season, Syracuse looked like a contender, but the season-ending injury to quarterback Steve Angeli stopped all that momentum.